[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#560822: Bug#560822: dkms: please autorebuild modules when new kernel images are installed

[Michael Gilbert]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:06:22 -0500 Michael Gilbert wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:56:20 +0100 David Paleino wrote:
> 
> > On Saturday 12 December 2009 11:40:04, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> > > dkms status had said:
> > > 
> > > # dkms status
> > > fglrx, 9-11, 2.6.31-2-amd64, x86_64: installed
> > > 
> > > i looked through /var/log/messages and saw something that said
> > > 'dkms_autobuild: missing linux-headers-2.6.32', so i installed
> > > the headers.  now the module is built during boot and loaded:
> > > 
> > > # dkms status
> > > fglrx, 9-11, 2.6.32-trunk-amd64, x86_64: installed
> > > 
> > > so, it looks like the solution is to make sure that the correct headers
> > > are installed alongside new kernel updates when using dkms.
> > 
> > Exactly. :)
> 
> should dkms somehow enforce this (via an appropriate set of
> dependencies)? a lot of users are going to do the exact same thing
> when updating their kernel, and you may get a lot of similar bug
> reports.  you could reduce their pain and yours by doing a little more
> automagic.

i see the dependencies are already there. this is more of a problem
with the fact tha linux-headers-2.6-* still points to
linux-headers-2.6.31-*, which really isn't dkms's fault.  please
disregard my last messages.

thanks for the info and quick response!

mike